Brigid Gaffikin
@bgaff.bsky.social
She/her. Feeling very equivocal about "professionalizing" this bio.
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
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This made me cry a little. Everything is terrible but I'm so glad to be in this moment with these contemporaries.
In our new issue, @quailty.bsky.social considers contemporary deaf art and writing, which navigates the contradictions of deaf life in America as the second Trump administration threatens to dismantle the ADA.
thebaffler.com/salvos/manual-labor-leland
thebaffler.com/salvos/manual-labor-leland
Manual Labor | Andrew Leland
How deaf artists and writers are grappling with a second Trump administration keen on dismantling the Americans with Disabilities Act.
thebaffler.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This made me cry a little. Everything is terrible but I'm so glad to be in this moment with these contemporaries.
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While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
These Bay Area Restaurants Are Offering Free Food to SNAP Recipients
Amid a government shutdown that will cut off aid for 42 million Americans, local food scene folks plan to pick up the slack.
www.coyotemedia.org
October 27, 2025 at 11:52 PM
While the feds continue to play stupid games, SNAP recipients are set to lose food aid for the next month. In the Bay Area, a growing number of restaurants are stepping up to help, and we're maintaining the list. Share with anyone who needs it. www.coyotemedia.org/these-bay-ar...
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In the event of an encounter with immigration agents in the East Bay, make sure you and your family know your rights. (1/2)
October 23, 2025 at 1:12 AM
In the event of an encounter with immigration agents in the East Bay, make sure you and your family know your rights. (1/2)
October 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Records obtained by ProPublica indicate that food banks across the country were expecting more than 27 million pounds of chicken, 2 million gallons of milk, 10 million pounds of dried fruit and 60 million eggs that never arrived.
This Saturday! Find a No Kings protest near you: www.nokings.org
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This Saturday! Find a No Kings protest near you: www.nokings.org
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Trump’s power depends on maintaining the illusion that he’s all-powerful, and that Americans adore him.
But that illusion is harder to maintain if millions of people are in the streets protesting.
This is why Republicans are trying to discredit No Kings Day rallies before they've even happened.
But that illusion is harder to maintain if millions of people are in the streets protesting.
This is why Republicans are trying to discredit No Kings Day rallies before they've even happened.
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Trump’s power depends on maintaining the illusion that he’s all-powerful, and that Americans adore him.
But that illusion is harder to maintain if millions of people are in the streets protesting.
This is why Republicans are trying to discredit No Kings Day rallies before they've even happened.
But that illusion is harder to maintain if millions of people are in the streets protesting.
This is why Republicans are trying to discredit No Kings Day rallies before they've even happened.
D'Angelo, RIP. Your music healed, soothed, and always made everything feel better -- even now 😞
youtu.be/rejA6QRtrAI?...
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D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Betray My Heart (Audio)
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October 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
D'Angelo, RIP. Your music healed, soothed, and always made everything feel better -- even now 😞
youtu.be/rejA6QRtrAI?...
youtu.be/rejA6QRtrAI?...
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Your moment of ocean zen.
October 1, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Your moment of ocean zen.
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Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
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‘Ganz and Slobodian both invite us to reckon with the political legacy of weirdos, losers and cranks, something that few conventional intellectual historians or “ideational” political economists are used to doing.’
William Davies on the political legacy of the 1990s: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
William Davies on the political legacy of the 1990s: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
William Davies · Repeal the 20th Century: Pre-MAGA
To understand the intellectual coordinates of Trumpism requires us to look in less conventional places and to pay more...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
‘Ganz and Slobodian both invite us to reckon with the political legacy of weirdos, losers and cranks, something that few conventional intellectual historians or “ideational” political economists are used to doing.’
William Davies on the political legacy of the 1990s: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
William Davies on the political legacy of the 1990s: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
For the record.
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
My posts were not even about Kirk directly, but about America's apathy towards political violence, and the coddling of white male shooters and hate peddlers.
I was fired because I mentioned race: white men and violence-- that was my "gross misconduct."
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Something beautiful for the weekend!
An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago!
The shell’s central display has been described as an example of aesthetic intention by the toolmaker.
West Tofts, Norfolk. 📷 MAA Cambridge University
#Archaeology
An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago!
The shell’s central display has been described as an example of aesthetic intention by the toolmaker.
West Tofts, Norfolk. 📷 MAA Cambridge University
#Archaeology
September 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Something beautiful for the weekend!
An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago!
The shell’s central display has been described as an example of aesthetic intention by the toolmaker.
West Tofts, Norfolk. 📷 MAA Cambridge University
#Archaeology
An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago!
The shell’s central display has been described as an example of aesthetic intention by the toolmaker.
West Tofts, Norfolk. 📷 MAA Cambridge University
#Archaeology
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if that news is true, don't say anything you wouldn't want to see screenshotted and spread all over right wing media
September 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
if that news is true, don't say anything you wouldn't want to see screenshotted and spread all over right wing media
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70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men.
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
August 28, 2025 at 1:14 PM
70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men.
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary
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Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
PERIPLUS: An FAQ
PERIPLUS: AN FAQ Updated August 2025 Hi! Thanks for your interest in Periplus, a mentorship collective serving U.S. writers who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. We're glad you’re here. Rea...
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August 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2026 class of fellows! Apply by 9/20: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) here: bit.ly/periplusfaq
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Wyoming legislators have proposed one of the most extreme anti-library bills nationwide. It would effectively eliminate teen sections in public & school libraries under threat of $50,000 fines for "sexually explicit" materials.
The bill ITSELF is sexually explicit.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The bill ITSELF is sexually explicit.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
Wyoming Proposes Extreme Anti-Library Bill
The proposed bill text would itself be deemed "sexually explicit" were it to be read by anyone under the age of 18.
buttondown.com
August 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Wyoming legislators have proposed one of the most extreme anti-library bills nationwide. It would effectively eliminate teen sections in public & school libraries under threat of $50,000 fines for "sexually explicit" materials.
The bill ITSELF is sexually explicit.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
The bill ITSELF is sexually explicit.
buttondown.com/wellsourced/...
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On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
August 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout.
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar.
This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media.
Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵
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Leading global experts just confirmed what we’ve long known: Gaza is in famine. At least half a million Palestinians are facing starvation, acute malnutrition and death. And it’s likely to spread.
The U.S. government is not a bystander to this genocide. We can end it today.
The U.S. government is not a bystander to this genocide. We can end it today.
Gaza City officially in famine, says global hunger monitor
Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the Palestinian enclave.
www.reuters.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Leading global experts just confirmed what we’ve long known: Gaza is in famine. At least half a million Palestinians are facing starvation, acute malnutrition and death. And it’s likely to spread.
The U.S. government is not a bystander to this genocide. We can end it today.
The U.S. government is not a bystander to this genocide. We can end it today.
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Black women are being used as test subjects for the limits of abuse of power. I want people to not ignore this since this always happens and then when the abuse arrives at people's doorstep, they're surprised.
CALL IT OUT NOW.
CALL IT OUT NOW.
August 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Black women are being used as test subjects for the limits of abuse of power. I want people to not ignore this since this always happens and then when the abuse arrives at people's doorstep, they're surprised.
CALL IT OUT NOW.
CALL IT OUT NOW.
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if you're in the Bay Area and are interested in learning more about writing about food, I'm offering a 4-week class via 18 Reasons in SF in September :) 18reasons.org/classes-even...
Food Writing for Beginners with Soleil Ho | 18reasons.org
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August 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
if you're in the Bay Area and are interested in learning more about writing about food, I'm offering a 4-week class via 18 Reasons in SF in September :) 18reasons.org/classes-even...